Chapter 15

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Protagonist:

Chai Mi

Actually, right now, because Chai You De had been howling like a wolf and screaming like a ghost on the roof the whole time, the left and right neighbors had long since been alarmed.

And in the courtyard of the Chai Family Laozhai, a few people had also gathered, all neighbors from the Village. Some persuaded Chai Mi not to go from the wall top onto the roof, that was comparatively dangerous.

Some persuaded Chai Mi not to hold a kitchen knife, what if she cut her hand? Still others persuaded Chai Mi, absolutely don't be impulsive, this is a rule-of-law society now.

Everyone discussed spiritedly, but there really wasn't a single person who went to persuade Chai You De...

Chai You De's popularity really wasn't much good.

Chai Zhongxiao, hiding in the room, finally couldn't bear it anymore, and came out carrying Chai Erwei and Wang Huirong.

Seeing Chai Mi, he scolded: "Chai Mi, have you gone mad in broad daylight, holding a broken kitchen knife, making a ruckus, aren't you afraid outsiders will laugh?"

Chai Mi shot a sideways glance at Chai Zhongxiao, and said coldly: "You also didn't treat me as your own people, otherwise you wouldn't have snatched my calf."

Chai Zhongxiao was momentarily at a loss for words, not knowing how to speak appropriately.

The Village knew the ins and outs of this matter; the Laozhai bullied Chai Mi's family, forcibly dragging out rotten sesame seeds and moldy millet from over a dozen years ago, and snatched Chai Mi's family's calf.

Although a calf in this era wasn't necessarily extraordinarily valuable, given that calf's quality, four or five thousand yuan was still there, fully enough for a strong man to work for several months; actually it was indeed quite valuable.

Moreover everyone had also heard there was no other reason, and Chai Mi's mother had even fallen ill from exhaustion and was hospitalized; while the mother and daughters were Not Home, they snatched their calf — this matter was done truly unconscionably. Therefore when everyone watched the excitement, it was almost uniformly biased toward Chai Mi.

Right while everyone was chattering away, Chai Mi rolled up her sleeves and directly climbed onto the roof.

At this moment, Chai Mi was at the roof's westernmost side, while Chai You De was at the roof's easternmost side.

Chai You De's legs were even trembling a bit; the ladder was right below. Chai Zhongxiao glanced at it, then had Wang Huirong hold his eldest grandson, and he himself went to prop the ladder up.

"Third son, come down quickly."

Chai Mi's brows instantly knitted up, she looked at Chai Zhongxiao with slanted eyes.

Chai You De ignored everything, directly stepping on the ladder to go down.

Just heard a crunch — the ladder's first rung shattered.

*Thud. *

Chai You De directly fell down.

This ladder was made of wood, this was very common in Nong Cun; in this era iron was still very expensive, there weren't any iron ladders yet, they were all family wood, self-made ladders.

And the Laozhai's this ladder used poplar wood, had been used for quite a few years, was long since not sturdy; moreover Chai You De was somewhat panicked, stepped on it with excessive force, directly the ladder's crossbar shattered.

Chai You De missed his footing once, and went down.

"Ah... my leg..."

Chai You De, fallen on the ground, clutched his leg and howled in pain.

Chai Mi also froze; on her icy face there was a trace of a bitter smile: Hehe, he fell himself, truly vengeance.

"Third son, my good son, what's wrong with you?" Wang Huirong, holding the child, hurriedly squatted down to look.

Chai Zhongxiao also squatted, and pulled Chai You De's trouser leg up.

In just a moment's time, one could see at Chai You De's right ankle bone, it had swollen into a bruised blackish-purple.

"Swollen!" Chai Zhongxiao said through gritted teeth: "Done for, broken."

Chai Zhongxiao was someone who had experienced things; he knew what a sprain looked like, and what a break looked like.

Right now Chai You De's ankle was obviously bruised purple, and swollen severely, even the swelling speed was visibly large to the naked eye, the skin even had a bit of a shiny feeling — one look and it was truly broken.